| Status | Approved |
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Issue
SAP MII (Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence) will stop being supported by SAP after 2027 (or 2030). it is currently used by the following Syensqo entities:
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We need to identify a strategy to address this situation. This KDD document presents the possible options and identifies the best proposal, analyzing the implications and impacts under different points of view: business functionalities, IT perspective, change management, scalability and future proof solution.
Three options are available:
- A) continue running on MII after end of official support, managing internally or via a 3rd party provider the product maintenance and adaptations
- B) substitute MII with the corresponding part of the new SAP Digital Manufacturing
- C) remove MII and directly connect MES systems to SAP S4 and/or to the StarTek platform
Recommendation
Option B is the recommended solution: substitute MII with the corresponding functionalities of SAP Digital Manufacturing.
Background & Context
MII is used by the following plants:
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to connect the following MES systems:
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MII acts as a middle-ware to connect the MES systems with the following data flows (not all of them are relevant for all plants/MES systems):
- process orders from SAP ECC to MES
- production confirmations from MES to SAP ECC
- production goods movements from MES to SAP (consumption and goods receipt)
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Assumptions
- MII is currently used as middle-ware to connect MES systems in the plants listed in the Issue section, not for further functionalities (like OEE, analytics, reporting, data intelligence, etc.)
- MES systems in the affected plants won't change and MES functionalities and implementations in the affected plants will remain stable during the ERP Rebuild project
- other functionalities potentially covered by SAP Digital Manufacturing are not part of this KDD; they are addressed here: https://wiki.syensqo.com/x/-YGMNQ
Constraints
Impacts
Business Rules
Options considered
Option A: Keep MII
Option B: substitute MII with Digital Manufactring
Option C: Remove MII and directly interface MES systems to SAP S4 (and/or StarTek suit)
Evaluation
The following Matrix illustrates the evaluation of each option under the considered criteria:
Criteria | Weight | Option A Keep MII | Option B substitute MII with Digital Manufacturing | Option C Remove MII and directly interface MES systems to S4 / Startek |
| Future Proof and Scalability | VH | Very Low | Very High | Very Low |
| Best Practice | H | Very Low | Very High | Low |
| Functionalities | H | High | High | High |
| Reduce Change Management | L | Very High | Very High | Very High |
| Simplicity | H | Very High | High | Medium |
| Maintainability | VH | Very Low | Very High | Low |
| Reduce Project Effort | H | Very High | Low | Very Low |
Total | Medium | High | Medium |
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